Valuable Hands-On Experience

The Master of Education in Higher Education Fellowship links graduate study with a nine-month field-based professional experience in a college or university setting.

Fellowship Types and Benefits

The School of Education and Social Policy offers a wide range of internal (on-campus) graduate fellowship opportunities of the following types:

Presidential Fellowships provide 100% of your graduate tuition and include a 9-month, unpaid fellowship placement of 25 hours per week.
Provost Fellowships provide 50% of your graduate tuition and include a 9-month, unpaid fellowship placement of 15 hours per week.

Fellowship Opportunities

2025-2026 M.Ed. in Higher Education fellowship positions will be released December 2024.

Higher Education Fellowship Process

HOW TO APPLY

Click the “Apply Now” button below or go to gps.merrimack.edu/apply to begin or resume your graduate application.
Within your app, select “Yes” for “Are you applying to a fellowship?”
Submit your application. Be sure to complete the required Fellowship essay.
Receive your admission decision. If admitted to the master’s program, you’ll receive further instructions about the fellowship process.

Important Information for the Higher Education Fellowship Program

We are accepting applications on a rolling basis!

Priority Fellowship Application Deadline: February 1, 2025
Fellowship Interviews: Early March 2025
Match Decisions: Late March 2025
First Day of Fellowship Training: August 2025
Duration of Fellowship Placement: August 2025 to late May 2026

We strongly encourage you to apply as soon as possible for your best chance at a preferred placement. Applications will be accepted until all fellowship positions have been filled.

The process is as follows:

Submit your online application. Be sure to indicate your fellowship interest within your application.
Submit your initial ranking form. Students who are accepted for admission and invited to interview for a fellowship will be eligible to review and rank their preferred positions. If you are invited, your invitation will include a deadline for submitting your selections. Please note: we do not guarantee that you will be invited to interview for your top selections.
Complete your site interviews. Speak directly with site representatives to learn more about the position and responsibilities.
Submit your post-interview rankings. After the interviews, both students and sites must complete and submit their post-interview ranking forms, ranking their preferences for final placement.
Receive your match notification. Match letters will be sent to all students and supervisors.

Please note:

Participation in the fellowship placement process does not guarantee a fellowship. Sites will independently decide which candidates to invite for interviews. Please note that interviews are not guaranteed with your selected sites.
Deposits are due five business days after matches are sent to students.
If you are granted a fellowship, you will not be eligible for any other discounts or scholarships.
If you are admitted into the traditional program but not offered a fellowship, you will automatically be considered for a Dean scholarship.
If you are originally awarded a scholarship and then are given a fellowship placement, you will no longer receive the merit scholarship. The fellowship will replace any other discounts.

Questions? All interested students should email Callie Wallace in Graduate Admissions for further information.

After Merrimack

You’ll find Merrimack graduates making a difference in positions at prestigious institutions such as:

Northeastern University
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Merrimack College
Sacred Heart University
Syracuse University
Washington State University
Middlesex Community College
Providence College
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Fordham University
Harvard University
University of New Hampshire
Boston University
Tufts University
University of Georgia
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Commonwealth University
American University

Dean and Alumni Scholarships

Dean and Alumni Scholarships are available to students who do not receive a fellowship. No additional application is needed.

Fellowships

Valuable Hands-On Experience

Fellowship Types and Benefits

Fellowship Opportunities

Higher Education Fellowship Process

HOW TO APPLY

Important Information for the Higher Education Fellowship Program

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